Lime Rock: Riley Technologies race report

Lakeville, Conn. (2 June 2010)-- Riley Technologies (a division of SEA
STAR GROUP, INC. Stock Symbol SGQZ) had another strong race weekend this
Memorial Day as GRAND-AM returned to Lime Rock Park. The event, which
featured the Continental Tire ...

Lakeville, Conn. (2 June 2010)-- Riley Technologies (a division of SEA
STAR GROUP, INC. Stock Symbol SGQZ) had another strong race weekend this
Memorial Day as GRAND-AM returned to Lime Rock Park. The event, which
featured the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race on Saturday ahead
of the debut running for the Daytona Prototypes along with the Rolex GT
machines on Monday, was set under ideal conditions with a healthy crowd
on hand.

Fans on those green hillsides witnessed a fantastic GT class shoot-out,
which saw the Riley Technologies-based Mazda RX-8 built by SpeedSource
Engineering once again set the pace as the car to have, with the machines
taking a dramatic 1-2-3-4 finish.

Driving the MazdaSpeed Motorsports Development No. 68 that was only
completed days before the race weekend started, Adam Christodoulo and
John Edwards gave the car an ideal debut outing as the two youngsters
emerged as race winners for SpeedSource Engineering.

"I think the last 10 minutes of the race were the longest 10 minutes of
my life," said Edwards. "I had pressure from behind, so I was just
trying to stay ahead and not making any mistakes. This was our very first
test day - I think that's all you need to say about SpeedSource and
Mazda."

Leh Keen and James Gue scored second place in the Dempsey Racing RX-8
ahead of championship points leaders Emil Assentato and Jeff Segal.

The Turner Motorsport BMW-powered M6, which utilizes a Riley Technologies
chassis, also showed flashes of speed at Lime Rock Park, but the team had
to settle for an eighth place finish after falling a lap down early in
the race.

The Daytona Prototype class race was no less exciting, as the
championship-leading squad of Ganassi Racing's Scott Pruett and Memo
Rojas were knocked out early in the race. A strong late-race rally saw
Ryan Dalziel move to just seven points back in the drivers championship
standings after he and co-driver Mike Forest combined for a run to second
place at the finish in a BMW-powered Riley, with the Michael Shank Racing
Ford-powered Riley taking third.

Riley Technologies is targeting a seventh consecutive GRAND-AM Rolex
Sports Car Series Manufacturer Championship, and the intense one-day
schedule at Lime Rock Park was another demonstration of the Riley Tech
on-site preparation and support that helps teams be competitive no matter
what the conditions bring.

A crash in qualifying (just after 12:00 PM) forced the AIM Autosport
squad, which finished second in the most recent round of Rolex
competition, to make extensive front-end repairs ahead of the 2:00 PM
green flag. With support and spares from Riley Tech and a very focused
crew, the car was ready to go in time for the race as the car rallied to
take fifth at the finish.

"The guys did an awesome job getting us back in this thing," said
Frisselle. "I really put the entire crew to the test today and they
delivered in a big way. Now it was up to me to get the car to the front
and reward them for all that effort."

Riley now holds a 172-143 edge in the Daytona Prototype championship
standings, with seven rounds of racing remaining.

The Continental Tire race weekend opened with optimism, as the Stevenson
Motorsports No. 6 Riley Technologies Chevrolet Camaro took a season-best
fourth on the grid in qualifying with Matt Bell behind the wheel.

Unfortunately, that early pace kept Bell and co-driver Jeff Bucknum from
making a return to the podium after early contact sent Bell into the pits
for a deflated tire, ending his chances at another strong result. The
sister No. 9 Sunoco Fuels Riley Technologies Chevrolet Camaro of Al
Carter and Hugh Plumb scored a top ten with a run to seventh, just ahead
of the Mitchum Motorsports No. 62 entry of Joey Atterbury and Dion von
Moltke.

"It was great to see how well-received the Rolex Series race was by the
fans here at Lime Rock Park and even though having a one-day event puts a
different kind of pressure on the teams and drivers, I think the format
was very good for the fans," said Riley Technologies VP Bill Riley.
"This track was ideally suited for the RX-8 and it as an impressive
showing from Adam and John today. I think the Glen could be another very
good day for the Mazda teams."

The GRAND-AM paddock will have the shortest turn-around time of the
season, as both the Continental Tire and Rolex Sports Car series will be
back in action starting on Friday for practice and qualifying ahead of
Saturday's Sahlen's Six Hours of the Glen.